Mop-wringer.



. No. 731,098. l PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

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MOP WRINGBB..

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2v. 1902.

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PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

No. 731,098. E. GHAQUETTB. MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented Tune 16, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

MOP-WR-INGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 31,098, dated June16, 1 903.

Application ned :rune 27, 1902.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EPHEAIEM CHAQUETTE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New Rochelle,county of Westchester, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new form of moppingapparatuswhich shall not only be strong and of simple construction, butwhich entirely does away with the necessity both of hand-wringing andstooping, inasmuch as the wringing part of the mechanism is operated bythe foot. In this apparatus it is preferable to use a mop speciallyprepared for the wringer or a wringer specially adapted to the mop; butthe wringing part of my improved apparatus can be used, though lesseffectively, with various forms of mops.

One form of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation showing the wet mop being squeezedbythe wringer. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the wringing apparatus,showing the open position in full lines and the closed position indotted lines. Fig. 3 is a section through line 1'1 of Fig. 1.

Same letters'indicate similar parts in the diereut drawings.

A is a base-board, on which the apparatus is mounted, and provided atits forward end with rollers ct.

B is a removable tub adapted to set on the base-board.

C C are two upright-frames fastened to the base-board -and supportingthe trough-like wringingdevice D, which consists of the two squeezinghalves E E', loosely mounted upon seal No. 113,392. (No man.)

the inclined shaft b, which is journaled in the upright frames C C. Thiswringing device D is perforated, as shown at c c, so that the water fromthe mop may run off readily into the tub B.

1 F is the'mop.

The wringing device is shown open in full lines in Fig. 2 and closed inthe dotted lines. The opening and closing are produced as follows: G isa treadle pivoted at d to the frame C and adapted to move up and down inthe slotted extension c. To this treadle is pivoted the lazy-tongs H,one arm of which is secured to the squeezing portion E and the otherhalf to the portion E. Thus the depression of the treadle expands thelazy-tongs and closes the wringing device D by bringing the two portionsEv E' together. When -the downward pressure on the treadle G is removed,the wringing device is opened by the spring J, one end-of which is hungupon Vthe shaft b and the other upon the pin f, which projects from thetreadle G. To prevent the possibility ofthe mop getting caught betweenthe squeezing portions E E and thevshaft b, the bottom of one portionlaps under the other, soas never to leave an opening at the bottom ofthe trough.

I claim- A mop-wringing apparatus composed of a divided trough mountedupon an inclined shaft, a treadle and means connecting said treadle withsaid trough, whereby the same may be opened or closed as desired.

EPHRAIEM CHAQUETTE.

Witnesses:

W. P. PREBLE, Jr., RAE BATTERSLEY.

